Burstwick, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835.

BURSTWICK:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

"BURSTWICK, a parish in the southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Burstwick, and Ryhill with Camerton, and containing 751 inhabitants, of which number, 436 are in the township of Burstwick, 3 miles S.E. from Hedon. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of Skeckling, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York. The church is principally in the later style of English architecture."

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"CAMERTON, a township, joint with Ryhill, in the parish of BURSTWICK, southern division of the wapentake'of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles E.S.E. from Hedon. The population is returned with Ryhill."

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"NUTHILL, a ruin in the parish of Burstwick; it was formerly a par ish in the southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 8 miles N.E. from Kingston upon Hull. The living is rated in the king's books at £2, as a rectory, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese, of York: but the church is in ruins, and there is now only one farm-house, which is assessed with the parish of Burstwick."

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"RYHILL, a township, joint with Camerton, in the parish of BURSTWICK, southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles E.S.E. from Hedon, containing, with Camerton, 315 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists."

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"SKECKLING, in the parish of Burstwick; it was formerly a par ish in the southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 10 miles E. from Kingston upon Hull, containing 436 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Burstwick annexed, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £7, and in the patronage of Sir T. A. Clifford Constable, Bart. The church is dedicated to All Saints; in the chancel is a fine painting of the Lord's Supper."

[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]